Article

This study aimed to systematically map the severity of mirror movements in
both hands in a prospective cohort of children with unilateral cerebral palsy,
and to explore the relationship with hand function and brain lesion type. METHOD:
Seventy-eight children were included (41 males, 37 females; age 9y 4mo, SD 3y
1mo, range 5-15y). Mirror movements were scored during three repetitive tasks
following Woods and Teuber criteria. Strength, tone, Melbourne Assessment,
Jebsen-Taylor test, and Assisting Hand Assessment were evaluated. Lesions were
classified into malformations (n=5), periventricular (n=43), cortico-subcortical
(n=22), and postnatally acquired lesions (n=8). RESULTS: Significantly more
mirror movements were observed in the non-paretic versus the paretic hand
(p</=0.003). Higher mirror movement scores in the non-paretic hand significantly
correlated with lower distal strength and lower scores on unimanual and bimanual
assessments (r=0.29-0.41). In the paretic hand, significant differences were
found between lesion types
(p=0.03). INTERPRETATION:
The occurrence of mirror
movements in the non-paretic hand seems related to hand function while mirror
movements in the paretic hand seem more related to the lesion timing, whereby
children with earlier lesions present with more mirror movements.
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